Free-to-air terrestrial television
Digital television transition has been completed in 2015 with MPEG-4 compression standard and DVB-T2 standard for signal transmission.Jovanka Matic and Larisa Rankovic,National broadcasting
Serbia has a total of 7 national free-to-air channels, which can be viewed throughout the country. These are RTS1, RTS2 and RTS3 from the country’s public network Radio Television of Serbia, as well as private channels Prva Srpska Televizija, Prva, B92, RTV Pink, Pink and Happy TV, Happy. These free-to-air channels requires subscription, which is paid via the electricity bill.Regional and local broadcasting
There are 28 regional and 74 local television channels. Serbia’s northern province, Vojvodina, has a public broadcaster, Radio Television of Vojvodina. It airs 2 channels throughout Vojvodina – RTV1 and RTV2. Via pay tv services those 2 channels can be viewed throughout Serbia, like many regional broadcasters. One of the largest and most watched regional broadcasters is RTV Studio B, Studio B, which airs across Belgrade's metropolitan area.Pay television
Some 67% of households are provided with pay television, pay television services (i.e. 38.7% cable television, 16.9% IPTV, and 10.4% satellite). There are 90 pay television operators (cable, IPTV, DTH), largest of which are Serbia Broadband, SBB (mainly cable) with 48% market share, Telekom Srbija (''mts TV'') with 25%, followed by Pošta Srbije, PoštaNet with 5%, and Ikom and Kopernikus with 4% and 3%, respectively.Cable television
Nearly 39% of households in Serbia have cable television. As a result there are many cable television companies, by far the largest of which is Serbia Broadband, SBB. Cable operators offer not only Serbian channels in their packages but also foreign channels - on average there are 90 channels in basic cable packages.Internet protocol television
About 17% of households have IPTV. First IPTV was successfully launched in 2008 by Telekom Srbija and its IPTV service, called ''mts TV'', is today by far the largest IPTV platform in terms of numbers of subscribers. In 2013 Serbia Broadband, SBB has launched an OTT service called ''D3i''.Satellite television
There are 10.4% of households equipped with satellite dishes. Three dominant Direct-broadcast satellite, DTH services are: Serbia Broadband, SBB platform called ''Total TV'', followed by ''Polaris'' (owned by Bulgarian Bulsatcom) and Digi TV (TV channel), Digi TV (owned by Romanian RCS & RDS).List of channels
Public channels broadcasting nationally
Private channels broadcasting nationally
Public channels broadcasting regionally
Private channels broadcasting regionally
There are 27 private channels broadcasting with a regional licence. Due to pay television services being widely used across the country, many local and regional channels can be viewed throughout the country.Domestic pay-tv channels
* Arena Sport, Arena Sport 1 (available in HD) * Arena Sport 2 (available in HD) * Arena Sport 3 (available in HD) * Arena Sport 4 (available in HD) * Arena Sport 5 (available in HD) * SK HD * Sport Klub, SK 1 (available in HD) * SK 2 (available in HD) * SK 3 (available in HD) * SK 4 * SK 5 * SK 6 * SK Golf (available in HD) * Lov i ribolov * SOS Kanal * N1 (television), N1 (available in HD) * Prva Plus * Prva Max * Prva Kick * Prva Life * Prva Files * Nova.rs (available in HD) * Cinemania * Film Klub * K::CN * K::CN 2 * K::CN 3 * Naša * Naša Vremeplov * Naša Party * Grand * Grand 2 * DM SAT * Melos * Pink 2 * Pink 3 Info * Pink Premium * Pink Movies * Pink Romance * Pink Sci-Fi & Fantasy * Pink Action * Pink Thriller * Pink Crime & Mystery * Pink Classic * Pink Western * Pink Horror * Pink Comedy * Pink World Cinema * Pink Film * Pink Family * Pink Soap * Pink Serije * Pink Koncert * Pink Hits * Pink Hits 2 * Pink N Roll * Pink Music * Pink Music 2 * Pink Folk * Pink Folk 2 * Pink Show * Pink Parada * Pink Pedia * Pink Fashion * Pink Style * Pink Kuvar * Pink Super Kids * Pink Kids * Pink Zabava * Pink Plus * Pink Extra * Pink World * Bravo Music * Pink Reality * Pink Erotic * Pink Erotic 2 * Pink Erotic 3 * Pink Erotic 4 * Pink Erotic 5 * Pink Erotic 6 * Pink Erotic 7 * Pink Erotic 8 * Info na dlanu * Sve na dlanu * Srpska naučna televizija * Agro TV * Ženska TV * TV HramInternational pay-tv channels
* Al Jazeera Balkans * FOX (Balkans), FOX (available in HD) * FOX Crime (available in HD) * FOX Life (available in HD) * FOX Movies (available in HD) * AXN * AXN Spin * CBS Drama * Comedy Central Extra * Universal Channel, Universal * Sci Fi Universal (Poland), Sci Fi * HBO Europe, HBO (available in HD) * HBO 2 (available in HD) * HBO 3 (available in HD) * Cinemax (available in HD) * Cinemax 2 (available in HD) * CineStar * CineStar Action * TV1000 Balkan, TV1000 * AMC (Europe), AMC * Klasik TV * Viasat Explorer * Viasat History * Viasat Nature * Viasat Nature/History HD * National Geographic Channel, National Geographic (available in HD) * Nat Geo Wild (available in HD) * Da Vinci Learning * Discovery Channel Europe, Discovery * Investigation Discovery Europe, ID X (available in HD) * Discovery Science (European TV channel), Discovery Science (available in HD) * Discovery Showcase HD * Discovery World (TV channel), Discovery World * Animal Planet Europe, Animal Planet (available in HD) * Travel Channel (International), Travel Channel (available in HD) * History (U.S. TV channel), History (available in HD) * H2 (TV network), H2 * Crime & Investigation Network (Europe), CI * CBS Reality * Nickelodeon (Serbia), Nickelodeon (available in HD) * Nick Jr.#International, Nick Jr. * Disney Channel (Europe, Middle East and Africa), Disney Channel * Disney Junior (international), Disney Junior * Disney XD (Europe, Middle East and Africa), Disney XD * JimJam * Minimax (TV channel), Minimax * Cartoon Network (Russian & Southeastern European TV channel), Cartoon Network * Boomerang (Central and Eastern European TV channel), Boomerang * Ducktv, Duck TV * BabyTV, Baby TV * Eurosport (available in HD) * Eurosport 2 (available in HD) * Eurosport News * Extreme Sports Channel, Extreme Sports * Motors TV * Motorvision * Fight Channel * Fight Sports (available in HD) * Fight Network (available in HD) * Outdoor Channel, Outdoor (available in HD) * Trace Sport Stars HD * FashionTV, Fashion TV (available in HD) * World Fashion Channel, World Fashion * Fine Living Network, FLN * E! (Europe), E! * TLC (TV channel), TLC * 24kitchen (available in HD) * Food Network (available in HD) * Ginx TV, Ginx * MTV Adria, MTV * MTV Live HD * MTV Dance * MTV Hits (Europe), MTV Hits * MTV Rocks (European TV channel), MTV Rocks * VH1 Europe, VH1 * VH1 Classic Europe, VH1 Classic * Trace Urban (available in HD) * Trace Tropical (available in HD) * Mezzo TV, Mezzo * Mezzo TV, Mezzo Live HDViewership
Following is table of viewership for 7 national free-to-air channels:See also
* Media of Serbia * List of Serbian language television channelsReferences
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